In my effort to combat the depressing state of the world these days, I've been reading fewer thrillers and dark mysteries, choosing instead cozies and what I like to call "happy literature".
Also, unsurprisingly, one these books appeared on my list of "feel-good" novels posted a few weeks ago.
Summaries are my own.
Simran Sangha comes from a long line of Indian matchmakers. Even though her mother really wants Simi to continue the family business, the 15-year-old believes that the tradition is outdated.
When she accidentally connects her cousin with a young lawyer, her family is delighted. Simi is still skeptical, until it occurs to her that matchmaking might elevate her social status at school.
Another YA novel, I reviewed this for School Library Journal (though the review hasn't been published yet).
Teen Haylah Swinton thinks she has come to terms with her curvy body. Negotiating her way through the bumpy world of high school isn't easy, but she's storing up material for when she becomes a famous stand-up comic.
Beach Read by Emily Henry (Berkley, 19 May 2020).
Two novelists, both struggling to start their next work, find themselves in beach houses next door to each other. Augustus Everett writes dark literary fiction; January Andrews writes bestselling rom-coms.
In an effort to overcome the writer's block, they decide to write their next books in the other person's genre, taking each other on field trips designed to exemplify their research techniques.
Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies by Vicky Zimmerman (Sourcebooks Landmark, 9 June 2020).
Not at all what I expected, which was what has come to be known as "Southern fiction", the story actually takes place in London.
Kate Parker finds herself living with her mother again after her boyfriend, Nick, suddenly decides he's not sure about their relationship.
In an effort to lift her spirits, Kate begins volunteering at Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies, a residence for elderly women. She makes friends with 97-year-old Cecily Finn (with a sharp mind, and an even sharper tongue) whose prescription for Kate's depression is a 1950s-era cookbook called Food for Thought.
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